Zia Ullah Shah

He served as Nazim of Rawalpindi District Council from 2001 to 2005 and again from 2005 to 2008^[1] before getting elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-11 Rawalpindi-V in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^[3]

In the 2013 Pakistani general election, he contested for the Punjab Assembly seat as a candidate of PML-N from constituency PP-11 Rawalpindi-XI but was defeated by Raja Rashid Hafeez, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).^[4]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-16 Rawalpindi-X in the 2024 Pakistani general election.^[5][6][7]

In 2011, it was reported that according to the declarations of assets submitted by Shah, he possessed a house valued at Rs15 million, business and agriculture property worth Rs10.5 million, and his wife owned 50 tola gold. However, Shah stated that he did not own a car and had a "negligible" amount in the bank. Additionally, he disclosed that he had loans amounting to Rs6.5 million to repay to banks. DAWN remarked Shah's claims of not owning a car were difficult to believe.^[8]